possible profanity
3
painfulness(noun, pain, adversity)
3
plague(pain, irritation, annoyance, opponent, blight)
3
retribution(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction)
3
scourge(noun, torment, disaster, plague, calamity)
3
woe(noun, adversity)
2
adversity(noun, hurt, damage, harm, disaster)
2
agony(noun, pain, adversity)
2
annoying
2
bitter draught(expression, idiom, pain)
2
blow(hurt, damage, harm, pain, disaster)
2
bore(pain, irritation, annoyance)
2
bruise(noun, hurt, damage, harm, pain)
2
casualty(noun, hurt, damage, harm, disaster)
2
chafe
2
chastening(noun, abuse, stick, discipline, reprimand)
2
chastisement(noun, abuse, stick, discipline, reprimand)
2
contretemps(noun, disaster, adversity, calamity, upheaval)
2
correction(noun, abuse, stick, discipline, reprimand)
2
deserts(noun, reprimand, sentence, penalty, castigation)
2
destruction(noun, hurt, ruin, damage, harm)
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